-- (136108) Haumea, Hi'iaka, and Namaka --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2003 Mar 07 from Sierra Nevada Observatory, Granada, Spain by ?. Alternate designation(s): 2003 EL61 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Mar 22. Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.

Named 2008 Sep 17 for the mythological Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility [MPC63878].

Hi'iaka discovered 2005 Jan 26 by M. E. Brown, et al. using adaptive optics telescope observations from W. M. Keck II Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2005 Jul 29 [G05b]. Provisional designation S/2005 (2003 EL61) 1. Permanent designation I Hi'iaka, assigned 2008 Sep 17; named for the mythological Hawaiian goddess [G08b].

Namaka discovered 2005 Jun 30 by M. E. Brown, et al. using adaptive optics telescope observations from W. M. Keck II Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2005 Dec 01 [B05d]. Provisional designation S/2005 (2003 EL61) 2. Permanent designation II Namaka, assigned 2008 Sep 17; named for the Hawaiian mythological water spirit [G08b].

--Links, more technical:

• IAUC 8577.
• IAUC 8636.
• Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Large Kuiper Belt Object Satellite.
• Photometric observations of a very bright TNO with an extraordinary lightcurve.
• Near Infrared Spectra from Mauna Kea of the New Brightest Kuiper Belt Object.
• MPEC 2005-O36.
• Keck Observatory laser guide star adaptive optics discovery and characterization of a satellite to large Kuiper belt object 2003 EL61 (.pdf).

--Links, less technical:

• Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2003EL61.
• 2003 EL61.
• Distant object found orbiting Sun.
• Large New World Discovered Beyond Neptune.

--Links to ADS abstracts:

• Stern, S. A., Cunningham, N. J., & Schindhelm, E. 2014, The Astronomical Journal First Ultraviolet Reflectance Measurements of Several Kuiper Belt Objects, Kuiper Belt Object Satellites, and New Ultraviolet Measurements of a Centaur
• Vilenius, E., Kiss, C., Müller, T., Mommert, M., Santos-Sanz, P., Pál, A., Stansberry, J., Mueller, M., Peixinho, N., Lellouch, E., Fornasier, S., Delsanti, A., Thirouin, A., Ortiz, J. L., Duffard, R., Perna, D., & Henry, F. 2014, Astronomy and Astrophysics "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel and Spitzer observations
• Probst, L. W. & Desch, S. J. 2014, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Gravitational Potential of Haumea with a Rocky Core
• Lockwood, Alexandra C., Brown, Michael E., & Stansberry, John 2014, Earth Moon and Planets The Size and Shape of the Oblong Dwarf Planet Haumea
• Lacerda, Pedro, McNeill, Andrew, & Peixinho, Nuno 2014, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The unusual Kuiper belt object 2003 SQ<SUB>317</SUB>
• Stansberry, John A., Müller, T., Lellouch, E., Barucci, A., Fornasier, S., Kiss, C., Lacerda, P., Lim, T., Mommert, M., Ortiz, J., Pal, A., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., & Herschel "TNOs Are Cool!" Team 2013, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts TNOs are Cool! Summary Results from the Herschel Key Programme
• Lacerda, Pedro 2013, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts An Unusually Shaped Haumea Family Member
• Ćuk, Matija, Ragozzine, Darin, & Nesvorný, David 2013, The Astronomical Journal On the Dynamics and Origin of Haumea's Moons
• Pitjeva, E. V. 2013, Solar System Research Updated IAA RAS planetary ephemerides-EPM2011 and their use in scientific research
• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Müller, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Panuzzo, P., Kiss, C., Lim, T., Mommert, M., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Tozzi, G. P., Mottola, S., Delsanti, A., Crovisier, J., Duffard, R., Henry, F., Lacerda, P., Barucci, A., & Gicquel, A. 2013, Astronomy and Astrophysics TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of nine bright targets at 70-500 μm
• Benecchi, Susan D. & Sheppard, Scott S. 2013, The Astronomical Journal Light Curves of 32 Large Transneptunian Objects
• Benecchi, Susan D. & Sheppard, S. S. 2013, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts Lightcurves of Large Southern Hemisphere Kuiper Belt Objects
• McGuire, Ryan 2013, Ph.D. Thesis Using Near Infrared Observations and Models to Analyze Surface Compositions of Kuiper Belt Objects
• Volk, Kathryn Margaret 2013, Ph.D. Thesis Dynamical studies of the Kuiper belt and the Centaurs
• Rabinowitz, David, Schwamb, Megan E., Hadjiyska, Elena, & Tourtellotte, Suzanne 2012, The Astronomical Journal The La Silla-QUEST Kuiper Belt Survey
• Gourgeot, Florian, Dumas, C., Carry, B., Merlin, F., Hestroffer, D., & Lacerda, P. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Surface Heterogeneity of the dwarf-planet Haumea
• Peixinho, N., Delsanti, A., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Gafeira, R., & Lacerda, P. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics The bimodal colors of Centaurs and small Kuiper belt objects
• Volk, Kathryn & Malhotra, Renu 2012, Icarus The effect of orbital evolution on the Haumea (2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB>) collisional family
• Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Campo Bagatin, A., Duffard, R., Licandro, J., Richardson, D., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., & Benavidez, P. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Haumea and the rotational fission of trans-Neptunian objects
• Ortiz, J. L., Richardson, D. C., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., & Benavidez, P. G. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Haumea and the rotational fission of trans-Neptunian objects
• Carry, B., Snodgrass, C., Lacerda, P., Hainaut, O., & Dumas, C. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family. II. Follow-up observations
• Brown, M. E., Schaller, E. L., & Fraser, W. C. 2012, The Astronomical Journal Water Ice in the Kuiper Belt
• Lykawka, P. S., Horner, J., Mukai, T., & Nakamura, A. M. 2012, LPI Contributions Dynamical Evolution of Haumea Collisional Family and Implications for the Outer Solar System
• Cuk, Matija 2012, AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting Tidal Evolution of Multiple Moons around Solid Planets
• Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira Martins, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Sicardy, B., Andrei, A. H., & da Silva Neto, D. N. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics Candidate stellar occultations by large trans-Neptunian objects up to 2015
• Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Horner, Jonathan, Mukai, Tadashi, & Nakamura, Akiko M. 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The dynamical evolution of dwarf planet (136108) Haumea's collisional family: general properties and implications for the trans-Neptunian belt
• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Mueller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Lim, T., Kiss, C., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Boehnhardt, H., Pal, A., Duffard, R., & Barucci, A. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 'TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region'. Results from the PACS and SPIRE observations with the Herschel Space Observatory
• Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Campo Bagatin, A., Duffard, R., Licandro, J., Richardson, D. C., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., & Benavidez, P. G. 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Rotational fission of trans-Neptunian objects: the case of Haumea
• Campo Bagatin, A., Benavidez, P. G., Ortiz, J. L., Duffard, R., & Thirouin, A. 2011, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI Formation scenarios for the dwarf planet 2003 EL61 (Haumea)
• Rabinowitz, D., Schwamb, M. E., Hadjiyska, E., Rojo, P., & Tourtellottee, S. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 A Tale of Two TNOs
• Dumas, C., Carry, B., Hestroffer, D., Merlin, F., Lacerda, P., & Gourgeot, F. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 High-contrast observations of the Haumea system
• Stansberry, J. A., Mueller, T. G., Ortiz, J.-L., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Lellouch, E., & Kiss, C. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Physical Properties of the Haumea Family from Herschel
• Santos-Sanz, P., Kiss, C., Lellouch, E., Müller, T. G., Stansberry, J., Böhnhardt, H., Lacerda, P., Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Duffard, R., Pal, A., Vilenius, E., Fornasier, S., Lim, T., & "Tnos Are Cool" Team 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Thermal lightcurve observations of TNOs with Herschel
• Lykawka, P. S., Horner, J., Nakamura, A. M., & Mukai, T. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Dynamical evolution of Haumea collisional family: Clues on the collision physics, new family members and implications for the outer solar system
• Fornasier, S., Lim, T., Müller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Boenhardt, H., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Kiss, C., Pal, A., Duffard, R., Barucci, A., & Dotto, E. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Sub-millimeter observations of Centaurs and TNOs from the Herschel space telescope
• Trujillo, C., Sheppard, S., & Schaller, E. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 A Photometric System for Detection of Water and Methane Ices on Kuiper Belt Objects
• Volk, K. & Malhotra, R. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Long-term dynamical stability of the Haumea (2003 EL61) collisional family
• Manfroid, J. 2011, Le Ciel L'astronomie dans le monde
• Saxton, J. M. 2011, Journal of the British Astronomical Association The rotational lightcurve of Haumea - an interesting observational challenge
• Levi, Amit & Podolak, Morris 2011, Icarus Estimating the density of intermediate size KBOs from considerations of volatile retention
• Benecchi, S. D., Noll, K. S., Stephens, D. C., Grundy, W. M., & Rawlins, J. 2011, Icarus Optical and infrared colors of transneptunian objects observed with HST
• Marcus, Robert A., Ragozzine, Darin, Murray-Clay, Ruth A., & Holman, Matthew J. 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Identifying Collisional Families in the Kuiper Belt
• Trujillo, Chadwick A., Sheppard, Scott S., & Schaller, Emily L. 2011, The Astrophysical Journal A Photometric System for Detection of Water and Methane Ices on Kuiper Belt Objects
• Dumas, C., Carry, B., Hestroffer, D., & Merlin, F. 2011, Astronomy and Astrophysics High-contrast observations of (136108) Haumea. A crystalline water-ice multiple system
• Ortiz, J. L., Campo Bagatin, A., Thirouin, A., Duffard, R., Licandro, J., Richardson, D. C., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., & Benavide, P. G. 2011, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference How Important is Rotational Fission in the Trans-Neptunian Region?
• Cook, J. C., Desch, S. J., & Rubin, M. 2011, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference The Black Sheep of Haumea's Collisional Family
• Li, Jian-Yang, Kuchner, Marc J., Allen, Ronald J., & Sheppard, Scott S. 2011, Icarus Measuring the sizes, shapes, surface features and rotations of Solar System objects with interferometry
• Fraser, Wesley & Brown, M. E. 2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Cold Classical and Centaur Kuiper Belt Spectroscopic Families
• Marcus, Robert Andrew 2011, Ph.D. Thesis The Role of Giant Impacts in Planet Formation and Internal Structure
• McGranaghan, R., Sagan, B., Dove, G., Tullos, A., Lyne, J. E., & Emery, J. P. 2011, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects
• Schaller, E. L. 2010, European Physical Journal Web of Conferences Atmospheres and surfaces of small bodies and dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt
• Pinilla-Alonso, N. 2010, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Haumea, an intriguing Water Ice Surface in the transNeptunian Belt
• Michel, Patrick, Jutzi, M., Richardson, D. C., & Benz, W. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Numerical Simulations Of Catastrophic Disruption Of Porous Bodies: Application To Dark-type Asteroids And Kuiper-belt Family Formation
• Thirouin, Audrey, Bagati, A. C., Ortiz, J., Duffard, R., Benavidez, P., & Richardson, D. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Formation Of The Haumea System: Checking Alternative Scenarios By N-body Based Numerical Simulations.
• Wright, Daine, Emery, J., Cruikshank, D., Dalle Ore, C., Fernandez, Y., Stansberry, J., & Trilling, D. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Composition of Ices on the Surfaces of KBOs 136108 Haumea and 136472 Makemake
• Santos-Sanz, Pablo, Lellouch, E., Fornasier, S., Kiss, C., Müller, T. G., Lacerda, P., & TNOs are Cool Team 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Dwarf planets observations with Herschel Space Observatory
• Ragozzine, Darin & Brown, M. E. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Haumea during a Predicted Mutual Event
• Fraser, Wesley & Brown, M. E. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Common and Unique Composition of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Objects
• Elliot, James L., Person, M. J., Zuluaga, C. A., Bosh, A. S., Adams, E. R., Brothers, T. C., Gulbis, A. A. S., Levine, S. E., Lockhart, M., Zangari, A. M., Babcock, B. A., DuPré, K., Pasachoff, J. M., Souza, S. P., Rosing, W., & Secrest, N. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Size and Albedo of the Kuiper Belt Object 55636
• Pasachoff, Jay M., Brown, M. E., Person, M. J., & Tam, Y. H. Ng 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Pluto and Beyond: Stellar-Occultation Web Pages for Education and Observation Planning
• Lacerda, P., Lellouch, E., Kiss, C., Müller, T. G., Groussin, O., & Santos-Sanz, P. 2010, European Planetary Science Congress 2010 The thermal lightcurve of Kuiper belt object Haumea
• Snodgrass, C., Carry, B., Dumas, C., & Hainaut, O. 2010, European Planetary Science Congress 2010 Characterising the family of TNO 136108 Haumea
• Delsanti, A., Merlin, F., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Bauer, J., Yang, B., & Meech, K. J. 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics Methane, ammonia, and their irradiation products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO?. A portrait of Plutino (90482) Orcus
• Lellouch, E., Kiss, C., Santos-Sanz, P., Müller, T. G., Fornasier, S., Groussin, O., Lacerda, P., Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Delsanti, A., Duffard, R., Harris, A. W., Henry, F., Lim, T., Moreno, R., Mommert, M., Mueller, M., Protopapa, S., Stansberry, J., Trilling, D., Vilenius, E., Barucci, A., Crovisier, J., Doressoundiram, A., Dotto, E., Gutiérrez, P. J., Hainaut, O., Hartogh, P., Hestroffer, D., Horner, J., Jorda, L., Kidger, M., Lara, L., Rengel, M., Swinyard, B., & Thomas, N. 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics ``TNOs are cool'': A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. II. The thermal lightcurve of (136108) Haumea
• Elliot, J. L., Person, M. J., Zuluaga, C. A., Bosh, A. S., Adams, E. R., Brothers, T. C., Gulbis, A. A. S., Levine, S. E., Lockhart, M., Zangari, A. M., Babcock, B. A., Dupré, K., Pasachoff, J. M., Souza, S. P., Rosing, W., Secrest, N., Bright, L., Dunham, E. W., Sheppard, S. S., Kakkala, M., Tilleman, T., Berger, B., Briggs, J. W., Jacobson, G., Valleli, P., Volz, B., Rapoport, S., Hart, R., Brucker, M., Michel, R., Mattingly, A., Zambrano-Marin, L., Meyer, A. W., Wolf, J., Ryan, E. V., Ryan, W. H., Morzinski, K., Grigsby, B., Brimacombe, J., Ragozzine, D., Montano, H. G., & Gilmore, A. 2010, Nature Size and albedo of Kuiper belt object 55636 from a stellar occultation
• Poncy, Joel, Fontdecaba-Baig, Jordi, & Martinot, Vincent 2010, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts Exploring dwarf planets and TNOs: cost-efficient strategies for maximizing the science return
• Salmin, Vladimir 2010, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts Arnold's structural theorem for the thick disk model describes the structure of planetary systems and circumstellar disks
• Leinhardt, Zoë Malka 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Collisional Evolution of Planetesimals
• Leinhardt, Zoë M., Marcus, Robert A., & Stewart, Sarah T. 2010, The Astrophysical Journal The Formation of the Collisional Family Around the Dwarf Planet Haumea
• Snodgrass, C., Carry, B., Dumas, C., & Hainaut, O. 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family
• Bortoletto, Alexandre & Saito, Roberto K. 2010, IAU Symposium Observing mutual events of the trans-Neptunian object Haumea and Namaka from Brazil
• Lacerda, Pedro 2010, IAU Symposium The Dark Red Spot on KBO Haumea
• Toth, Imre & Lisse, Carey M. 2010, IAU Symposium Effect of the tensile strength on the stability against rotational breakup of icy bodies
• Dumas, Christophe, Carry, B., Merlin, F., Hestroffer, D., Vernazza, P., & Kaasalainen, M. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Spatially Resolved Observations of Small Solar System Bodies
• Grundy, W. M. & McKinnon, W. B. 2009, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Exploration Strategy for the Ice Dwarf Planets 2013-2022
• Lacerda, P. 2009, European Planetary Science Congress 2009 The surface spot on KBO Haumea
• Porter, Simon, Desch, S., & Cook, J. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Micrometeorite Annealing of Solar System Icy Objects
• Lockwood, Alexandra & Brown, M. E. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Radiometric and Photometric Constraints to the Non-Spherical Geometry of Haumea
• Leinhardt, Zoe, Marcus, R. A., & Stewart, S. T. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Graze and Merge: The Formation of the Haumea Collisional Family
• Grundy, William M., McKinnon, W. B., Ammannito, E., Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Merline, W. J., Noll, K. S., Rivkin, A. S., Stansberry, J. A., Sykes, M. V., & Verbiscer, A. J. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Exploration Strategy for the Dwarf Planets 2013-2022
• Schlichting, Hilke E. & Sari, Re'em 2009, The Astrophysical Journal The Creation of Haumea's Collisional Family
• Ragozzine, Darin 2009, HST Proposal Determining the Size and Shape of Dwarf Planet Haumea from a Mutual Event
• Green, James 2009, HST Proposal COS-GTO: NUV Spectra of Bright Kuiper Belt Objects Part 2
• Ragozzine, D. & Brown, M. E. 2009, The Astronomical Journal Orbits and Masses of the Satellites of the Dwarf Planet Haumea (2003 EL61)
• Gil-Hutton, R., Licandro, J., Pinilla-Alonso, N., & Brunetto, R. 2009, Astronomy and Astrophysics The trans-Neptunian object size distribution at small sizes
• Ragozzine, Darin Alan 2009, Ph.D. Thesis Orbital dynamics of Kuiper Belt object satellites, a Kuiper Belt family, and extra-solar planet interiors
• McKinnon, W. B. 2009, AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts Dwarf Planets as the Most Populous Class of Planet
• Malhotra, Renu 2009, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #214 On the Importance of a Few Dwarf Planets
• Fraser, W. C. & Brown, M. E. 2009, The Astrophysical Journal NICMOS Photometry of the Unusual Dwarf Planet Haumea and its Satellites
• Pinilla-Alonso, N., Brunetto, R., Licandro, J., Gil-Hutton, R., Roush, T. L., & Strazzulla, G. 2009, Astronomy and Astrophysics The surface of (136108) Haumea (2003 EL{61}), the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-Neptunian belt
• Lacerda, Pedro 2009, The Astronomical Journal Time-Resolved Near-Infrared Photometry of Extreme Kuiper Belt Object Haumea
• Manfroid, J. 2008, Le Ciel L'astronomie dans le monde
• Collins, Benjamin F. & Sari, Re'em 2008, The Astronomical Journal Lévy Flights of Binary Orbits due to Impulsive Encounters
• Lacerda, Pedro, Jewitt, David, & Peixinho, Nuno 2008, The Astronomical Journal Erratum: High-Precision Photometry of Extreme Kbo 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB>" (2008, AJ, 135, 1749)
• Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, Bradley E., Schaefer, Martha, & Tourtellotte, Suzanne W. 2008, The Astronomical Journal The Youthful Appearance of the 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB> Collisional Family
• Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., & Lorenzi, V. 2008, Astronomy and Astrophysics Visible spectroscopy in the neighborhood of 2003EL{61}
• Green, D. W. E. 2008, International Astronomical Union Circular (136108) Haumea
• Vance, S. & Hussmann, H. 2008, European Planetary Science Congress 2008 Tidal Evolution and Hydrothermal Activity in IcyWorlds
• Harris, Alan W. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Limits of Stable Shapes of "Rubble Pile” Asteroids
• Fama, Marcelo A., Loeffler, M. J., Raut, U., & Baragiola, R. A. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Radiation-Induced Amorphization of Crystalline Ice
• Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, B. E., Schaefer, M., & Tourtellotte, S. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Youthful Appearance of the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family - Satellite Ejecta Exchange?
• Lockwood, Alexandra & Brown, M. E. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Radiometric and Photometric Measurement of the Size and Shape of 2003 EL61
• Lacerda, Pedro 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Near-Infrared Lightcurve of 2003 EL61
• Schaefer, Bradley E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Tourtellottte, S. W. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Division of Icy Bodies into Groups Based on Surface Properties
• Schaller, Emily L. & Brown, M. E. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Detection of Additional Members of the 2003 EL61 Family via Infrared Spectroscopy
• Fabrycky, Daniel C., Holman, M. J., Ragozzine, D., Brown, M. E., Lister, T. A., Terndrup, D. M., Djordjevic, J., Young, E. F., Young, L. A., & Howell, R. R. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Mutual Events of 2003 EL61 and its Inner Satellite
• Ragozzine, Darin, Brown, M. E., Trujillo, C. A., & Schaller, E. L. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Orbits and Masses of the 2003 EL61 Satellite System
• Schaller, E. L. & Brown, M. E. 2008, The Astrophysical Journal Detection of Additional Members of the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family via Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
• Levison, Harold F., Morbidelli, Alessandro, Vokrouhlický, David, & Bottke, William F. 2008, The Astronomical Journal On a Scattered-Disk Origin for the 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB> Collisional FAMILY—AN Example of the Importance of Collisions on the Dynamics of Small Bodies
• Ragozzine, Darin 2008, HST Proposal The Last Mutual Event between the Satellites of Dwarf Planet Haumea
• Green, James 2008, HST Proposal COS-GTO: NUV Spectra of Bright Kuiper Belt Objects
• Fabrycky, D. C., Ragozzine, D., Brown, M. E., & Holman, M. J. 2008, International Astronomical Union Circular Mutual Events of (136108) 2003 EL_61 and S/2005 (136108) 2
• Lacerda, Pedro, Jewitt, David, & Peixinho, Nuno 2008, The Astronomical Journal High-Precision Photometry of Extreme KBO 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB>
• Brown, Michael, Trujillo, Chad, & Ragazzine, Darin 2008, NOAO Proposal The formation and evolution of a collisional system in the Kuiper belt
• Barkume, K. M., Brown, M. E., & Schaller, E. L. 2008, The Astronomical Journal Near-Infrared Spectra of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects
• Kenyon, S. J., Bromley, B. C., O'Brien, D. P., & Davis, D. R. 2008, The Solar System Beyond Neptune Formation and Collisional Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects
• McKinnon, W. B., Prialnik, D., Stern, S. A., & Coradini, A. 2008, The Solar System Beyond Neptune Structure and Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects and Dwarf Planets
• Lacerda, P., Jewitt, D., & Peixinho, N. 2008, LPI Contributions A Dark, Red Spot on 2003 EL61
• Ragozzine, D. & Brown, M. E. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Candidate Members and Age Estimate of the Family of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61
• Ragozzine, Darin & Brown, M. E. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Characterization of the Family of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61
• Barranco, Joseph A., Trilling, D., Gaudi, B. S., Holman, M. J., & DePoy, D. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society A Survey for Extreme Mass-Ratio Binaries of Faint Kuiper Belt Objects
• McKinnon, William B., Prialnik, D., & Stern, S. A. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Structure and Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects: The Case for Compositional Classes
• Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi, Brunetto, R., Licandro, J., Gil-Hutton, R., & Campins, H. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Homogeneus Surface Of 2003 EL61, A Snowball In The TNb.
• Barkume, Kristina & Brown, M. E. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society A Spectroscopic Survey of 24 Bright Kuiper Belt Objects
• Licandro, Javier 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Carbon Depleted TNOs and the Origin of the Carbon Depleted Comets?
• Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, B. E., & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Photometric Properties Of The 2003 El61 Collisional Family. A Recent Origin ?
• Nimmo, Francis 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Urey Award: Geodynamics of Icy Bodies
• Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., Gil-Hutton, R., & Brunetto, R. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Is there a carbon-depleted population in the trans-neptunian belt?
• Alvarez-Candal, A., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guibert, A., & de Bergh, C. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Near infrared observations of TNOs with SINFONI
• Brown, M. E. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Densities and interior structures of icy dwarf planets
• de Bergh, C., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Dumas, C., Guilbert, A., Hainaut, O., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., & Doressoundiram, A. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Spectroscopic observations of large TNOs with the ESO-VLT
• Guliyev, A. S. 2007, Astronomy Letters On the relationship of long-period comets to known and unknown planets
• Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Light Curves of Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions, and Absolute Magnitudes
• Levison, Harold F., Morbidelli, A., Vokrouhlicky, D., & Bottke, W. 2007, AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #38 On a Scattered-Disk Origin for the 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB> Collisional Family
• Ragozzine, Darin & Brown, M. E. 2007, AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #38 Estimates of the Age of the 2003 EL61 Kuiper Belt Family
• Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., Gil-Hutton, R., & Brunetto, R. 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics The water ice rich surface of (145453) 2005 RR<SUB>43</SUB>: a case for a carbon-depleted population of TNOs?
• Merlin, F., Guilbert, A., Dumas, C., Barucci, M. A., de Bergh, C., & Vernazza, P. 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics Properties of the icy surface of the TNO 136108 (2003 EL{61})
• Holsapple, Keith A. 2007, Icarus Spin limits of Solar System bodies: From the small fast-rotators to 2003 EL61
• Lacerda, Pedro & Jewitt, David C. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Densities of Solar System Objects from Their Rotational Light Curves
• Brown, Michael E., Barkume, Kristina M., Ragozzine, Darin, & Schaller, Emily L. 2007, Nature A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt
• Trujillo, Chadwick A., Brown, Michael E., Barkume, Kristina M., Schaller, Emily L., & Rabinowitz, David L. 2007, The Astrophysical Journal The Surface of 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB> in the Near-Infrared
• Tegler, S. C., Grundy, W. M., Romanishin, W., Consolmagno, G. J., Mogren, K., & Vilas, F. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Optical Spectroscopy of the Large Kuiper Belt Objects 136472 (2005 FY9) and 136108 (2003 EL61)
• Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, Bradley E., & Tourtellotte, Suzanne W. 2007, The Astronomical Journal The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies. I. Photometric Observations of 18 Trans-Neptunian Objects, 7 Centaurs, and Nereid
• Manfroid, J. 2006, Le Ciel L'astronomie dans le monde
• Brown, M. E. & Barkume, K. M. 2006, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A classificaiton system for KBO spectra and what we learn
• Dumas, Christophe, Merline, W. J., Barucci, A., de Bergh, C., Carry, B., Fulchignoni, M., Guilbert, A., & Merlin, F. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Sinfoni Observations Of Small Solar System Bodies: Application To The Asteroid Vesta And Pluto's Satellite Charon.
• Hansen, Candice & Paige, D. A. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Seasonal Behavior of Nitrogen Atmospheres on Trans-Neptunian Objects
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• Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi, Licandro, J., & Gil-Hutton, R. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Surface Of Pluto-twin And Charon-like Objects
• Merlin, Frederic, Dumas, C., Barucci, M., Hainaut, O., de Bergh, C., & Guilbert, A. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Spectroscopic Analyses Of The Bright TNOs 2003 UB313 And 2003 EL61
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• McKinnon, William B. & Barr, A. C. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Structure and Evolution of Ice Dwarf Planets
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• Brown, Michael, Reach, Bill, & Stansberry, John 2006, Spitzer Proposal Thermal properties of the largest Kuiper belt objects
• Brown, Michael, Barkume, Kristine, Roe, Henry, & Schaller, Emily 2006, Spitzer Proposal The largest Kuiper belt objects
• Barkume, K. M., Brown, M. E., & Schaller, E. L. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Water Ice on the Satellite of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB>
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